There’s a dark place in depression that allows you to be functional but only outside of your home. You can engage people, smile, work, hold conversations but collapse when you get home. Before I met my husband, I was in a serious relationship headed towards marriage with someone else. I was 21, he was 22. We had our entire lives…
This pic is with my first born. I think this is called a ballet bar and we were trying to get my pelvis to stretch. I had a crazy kidney stone and was hopped up on pain meds to level the playing field. I had to be induced early so that I could go into surgery for that stupid stone…
We have a new vlog series headed your way titled “Wifeing.” This idea came about after I had my first night alone with the kids. While my husband was having an amazing time at a men’s retreat a huge insecurity rose up in me that honestly shook me to my core: “What if my husband decides he doesn’t want to…
Yesterday we talked about something that most of us have either been through or are currently going through: trying, and failing, at believing what God has promised beyond what we see now. There’s something so encouraging and empowering when God gives us a glimpse into our future or a vision to do something brave like start a business, teach a…
This is a very vulnerable picture of me and our sweet Charlie. He was only with us for a few months but when we lost him it had felt like a lifetime. Nothing, absolutely nothing, could have prepared me for the heartache of his loss on my first Mother’s Day. Nothing could have prepared my heart for the look of…
There are so many terms used to label sex — “the deed, hanky-panky, horizontal polka, nookie,” I’ve even heard it called “family worship” (lol) but whatever you choose, sex and intimacy in marriage should be fun, passionate, adventurous, consensual, creative and treated as a gift. I had premarital sex and then decided to re-submit my sexuality to the Lord until…